The 4 Peaks Music Festival announced a new venue for its tenth Anniversary. After months of searching for the right home to host the milestone festival, 4 Peaks Presents found it in SE Bend’s Stevenson Ranch. The 100+ acre site maintains the same Cascade Mountain views and mellow vibe as the previous location, but with…
The Sisters Folk Festival releases additional artists to continue to fill the lineup for the annual event, September 8-10. As one of the most well-respected acoustic music events in the Pacific Northwest, the Sisters Folk Festival is produced in beautiful Sisters, where “All the Town’s a Stage.” The artists booked span multiple styles, cultures and…
by JOY VICTOR of Victor School of Performing Arts How many miles of tulle does it take to make 32 tutus? It was in the costume fabrication warehouse hired by American Ballet Theatre in the garment district of Manhattan that my appreciation for the genius of dressing the best dancers in the world exploded. It…
The High Desert Chamber Music 2016-17 season, presented by Mission Building & Renovation, concludes with the annual return of Central Oregon favorites the Crown City String Quartet. As resident string quartet, this year marks their eleventh appearance in Central Oregon over the past nine years. Founded in 2007, their performances have been praised as “sublime”…
Cascade School of Music announces its 2017 Summer Youth Class and Camp schedule and open registration. Expanded class offerings include a Family Series & Back to School Prep in addition to a variety of classes and camps. Family Series will include classes like Music for Film Family Style, Ukulele, Guitar, Singing and even a Family…
Central Oregon Symphony flutist Stefanie Janin-Brohamer never really wanted to play the flute. The nine-year-old was dedicated to the piano. But because the piano was not part of the band, Stefanie had a free period. Mom and Dad weren’t thrilled with that, so they grabbed the closet-bound flute of their other daughter and said, “If…
Les Schwab Ampitheater kicks off July with the BMC Free Sunday Summer Concert Series. July 2-3 Widespread Panic is a southern rock jam band from Athens, Georgia. The band draw influences from blues-rock, progressive rock, funk, jazz fusion and neo-psychedelia. July 10 — Free summer music, Kinzel & Hyde. July 17 — Free summer music,…
Bella Acappella, Bend’s local 29 member barbershop chorus, recently participated in a regional competition in Reno, Nevada. Competition consisted of choruses throughout most of Oregon (excluding Portland), northern California, parts of Nevada and Hawaii. Bella won a second place medal for Division A Small Chorus. Since being chartered in 2012, for the last three years,…
Harmony4Women announces an early registration for experienced and inexperienced singers who want to learn acappella harmony and participate in the 2016 Harmony4Women benefit concert. The schedule begins August 25 with the meet and greet Singers’ Kickoff Party at the home of Linda Gardner. Educational rehearsals begin September 15 from 5:45-8pm and continue every Thursday until…
Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) presents a free summer concert series at Fir Street Park, supported in part by the Roundhouse Foundation. Friday, July 15, award-winning songwriters Beth Wood and RJ Cowdery will perform as a co-bill, each performing compelling sets to kick off the series. Wood is a modern-day troubadour and believer in the power…
